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ADP is one of the largest providers of payroll, HR, and tax services in the business world, but its products are more often associated with larger enterprises – so RUN powered by ADP is a refreshing change of pace.

It’s a payroll and HR platform specifically designed for smaller businesses with fewer than 50 employees. We've reviewed all the best HR software, with this particular service built to make potentially complex functions faster, easier, and more reliable, so the people in charge of small businesses can concentrate on the work they really want to be doing.

Over 900,000 small businesses already rely on ADP, so there’s plenty to suggest that this solution will work for your small enterprise – and with a healthy array of features and a solid selection of product tiers available, your organization will have plenty of choice when it comes to picking its next payroll and HR solution.

RUN Powered by ADP: Plans and pricing

As with many HR and payroll tools, pricing for RUN Powered by ADP is available on a case-by-case basis, and you’ve got to talk to the company to get concrete figures.

RUN powered by ADP is available in four different packages. All are designed around smaller businesses, but there’s a broad array of features available.

The Essential Payroll option is ideal for small organizations that just need a product to handle payroll, taxes, and compliance in all fifty US states, and the Enhanced Payroll adds background checks, State Unemployment Insurance and ZipRecruiter compatibility. The Complete Payroll & HR Plus product provides basic HR support, while HR Pro offers in-depth HR support and employee perks.

(Image credit: Future)RUN Powered by ADP: Features

Even the entry-level Essential Payroll package is packed with capabilities, including online, phone, and mobile payroll functionality, direct deposits, reporting, tax filing, multi-company and multi-jurisdiction payroll support, and more.

That entry-level product also includes employee self-service payroll and document portals, new-hire onboarding, background checks and employee discounts.

Upgrade to Enhanced Payroll and you get State Unemployment Insurance management, Job Costing and more. Opt for the basic HR support of the Complete Payroll & HR Plus tier and you get phone and email support, an employee handbook wizard, salary benchmarking, HR tracking, training, and documentation. And by upgrading to the top product, HR Pro, you add ATS capability, learning management and legal assistance to the product.

This impressive list of features is bolstered by solid functionality.

Many of those key payroll tasks can be automated, and mobile access and an effective system of reminders ensure that your HR staff can keep things running smoothly. The system now also includes AI-powered error flagging so you can spot issues before they have an impact.

The payroll system keeps things moving with logical, sensible workflows and comprehensive reporting capabilities, and there’s a document vault for cataloguing employee information.

That’s great, but this product does have some limitations, especially when compared to solutions that are designed for larger organizations. You won’t find the depth of reporting and analytics here that you’ll see elsewhere, for instance, and customized workflow functionality is limited.

Several add-ons can enable extra functionality, albeit at extra cost. The Time and Attendance module helps you manage schedules and tackle time away from work, and the Retirement utility allows you to build and choose competitive retirement plan options through ADP Retirement Services.

The Workers’ Compensation module adds pay-as-you-go solutions for your employees, and a Health Insurance add-on lets staff choose from a wide variety of group coverage options.

(Image credit: Future)RUN Powered by ADP: Ease of use

Access RUN Powered by ADP and it’s immediately clear that the system has been designed for smaller businesses that may not have large HR departments – or much HR experience within the organization at all.

The layout is clear and intuitive. Different modules are accessible in a menu bar on the left-hand side of the product, and the Home Screen provides a slick, straightforward view of your upcoming payroll, key next steps, your latest reports and a calendar.

A button in the bottom-right corner opens up ADP Assist, a new AI helper, and you can edit quick-access links next to the search bar at the top of the home screen.

Individual sections are just as straightforward. The Payroll section puts key notifications, including W-2 and 1099 paperwork, right at the forefront. Similarly, the People section prioritizes your next steps, the Employee Directory makes it easy to find key details about your staff, and many sections around the app have Quick Action menus that make common functionality easy to tackle.

The system is easy to navigate even for people without lots of HR experience, which is key for a product like RUN Powered by ADP – and it gives this solution an instant advantage when compared to many rivals.

The downside of that? Limited customization. You can’t tweak every option on the home screen like you can in other products, you can’t integrate using API, and you can’t add any of the thousands of utilities available in ADP Marketplace – RUN supports integrations with several leading accounting, business, and POS system providers, but that’s it.

For smaller organizations none of those issues will be a deal-breaker, because RUN will provide everything they need, but it’s worth bearing this in mind – and noting that you may need to upgrade to a more flexible product if your organization grows and develops more complex HR requirements.

(Image credit: Future)RUN Powered by ADP: Support

As well as the aforementioned ADP Assist module, RUN provides several different support routes for small businesses.

Every tier of the product provides 24/7 payroll phone support from ADP agents, and live chat agents are available from 7.30am to 10pm on weekdays. Users can file service tickets and leave messages for those chat agents. If you opt for the Complete or HR Pro packages you also get phone and email HR support, too, alongside training modules.

ADP’s website has a knowledge base with answers to common questions and a client community called The Bridge, where administrators can ask questions.

That’s a good slate of options, but online user reviews suggest that payroll support is sometimes not particularly fast, which may be an issue in your organization.

(Image credit: Future)RUN Powered by ADP: Competition

We’re going to start this section in a slightly unusual way: by talking about another ADP product. ADP Workforce Now is built for midsized and enterprise-level businesses with more than fifty employees – in contrast to RUN Powered by ADP, which is designed for organizations with less than fifty members of staff.

ADP Workforce Now provides much of the functionality as RUN Powered by ADP, and adds more robust capabilities around benefits administration, talent acquisition, reporting, and professional services.

This broader product concentrates on streamlining, automation, and cost management, and it also supports integrations through the ADP Marketplace and via standard APIs – something you don’t get with RUN Powered by ADP.

Beyond ADP’s own products, RUN faces some tough competitors. If you’d like to explore straightforward payroll tools that work well with smaller organizations, Gusto and QuickBooks are perennially popular options.

If you’re on the hunt for a solution that offers HR capabilities alongside payroll, then Rippling is a more complex choice, and Paylocity is another contender that can grow with your business and provide a broader slate of features.

RUN Powered by ADP: Final verdict

RUN Powered by ADP makes payroll, taxes, and core HR admin tasks feel manageable for small businesses that don’t have an HR team or managers who want to deal with the extra burden – and if you find yourself in that position, this is an excellent and effective choice.

It’s got an intuitive interface, easy learning curve, and excellent payroll features that make compliance, tax, and financial reporting a breeze.

There are negatives, though, with a lack of flexibility, customization, and integration options compared to many other products. A lack of pricing transparency can hinder decision-making, and costs can escalate if you invest in a pricier tier with add-ons to deploy extra functionality.

RUN Powered by ADP does a good job with the essentials of payroll and HR, so it’s a solid choice for smaller businesses that don’t have in-house expertise, but we’d consider shopping around if you’d like to grow your business and may require a more ambitious selection of features.

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Microsoft is one of the biggest names in computing and software, but Dynamics 365 Human Resources is not one of the company’s most well-known tools, and it’s not as popular in HR circles as solutions from dedicated rivals like SAP, Sage, or ADP.

With such technological pedigree behind it, though, you’d be wise to consider Microsoft’s tool when searching for a new HR solution.

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Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: Plans and pricing

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Microsoft is up-front about its pricing for Dynamics 365 Human Resources, which is a pleasing discovery. Not all HR solutions providers are so forthcoming about the financials.

There are no different feature tiers with Dynamics 365 Human Resources – you pay for the product, it integrates with your other Microsoft and third-party solutions, and that’s that. That means you don’t have to worry about missing out on HR functionality you need if you opt for a more affordable product.

Instead, Microsoft’s pricing is divided by user. For every HR professional who wants to use the full capability of the app, you’ll have to pay $135 per user per month. For every employee and manager who needs self-service access, it’ll cost $4 per user per month. Bear in mind that these fees need to be paid yearly.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: Features

Many of Microsoft’s features focus on improving agility and speed in your HR teams – as with most other HR packages, you get plenty of options to create your own workflows, processes, and automations.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 goes much further than most in this area, too, thanks to the Microsoft Power Platform. It’s a suite of low-code tools, including Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI, and Copilot Studio, that enable businesses to build custom apps and integrations, analyze data, and create websites without extensive technical knowledge.

By combining Dynamics 365 with Power Platform and Microsoft’s AI features, your HR teams can build their own functionality in the HR system – tailored to your organization and its people. Power Platform supports over 1,000 integrations, which Microsoft calls Connectors. And while this entire system will work more effectively if your organization uses Microsoft tools on a wide scale, many of those connectors are provided by third-party specialists, so you’re not completely restricted.

Get beyond Power Platform and Dynamics 365’s various automation and customization features, and you’ll find a reasonable slate of HR functionality.

Employees can use self-service tools to submit leave requests and centralized employee profiles include career accomplishments, skills, certifications, and more. You can empower staff with training opportunities, performance tracking, and goal-setting.

Automated, trackable team performance and feedback is offered to managers within your business, and you can create compensation plans and self-service benefits packages. That’s not the end of the automation, either, with configurable processes, workflows, and task management supported throughout – and if you want analytics, the app uses embedded tools to provide in-depth data.

Microsoft’s product integrates with key payroll providers like Ceridian Dayforce and ADP Workforce Now, and an API is available, but note that Dynamics 365 doesn’t provide its own payroll functionality. Similarly, Dynamics 365 connects with talent acquisition systems like LinkedIn Talent Solutions, but this functionality isn’t included in the Microsoft tool natively.

You do get some neat integrations with other Microsoft tools, though, as long as you also have licenses for those. You can visualize HR data with Power BI dashboards, for instance, which is an ideal way to monitor your workforce, spot trends, and identify potential issues. Your employees can also access many HR functions directly in Microsoft Teams.

Dynamics 365 also includes integrations with hundreds of third-party apps, with over 130 available for HR at the time of writing.

There’s no doubt that Dynamics 365 Human Resources is strongest when it’s included as part of a wider Microsoft system, where you’ll be able to properly exploit its integration with other products and the various AI and customization tools delivered through Power Platform.

Negatively, though, if you’re not already integrated with Microsoft, then you’ll have a severely compromised experience with this solution.

(Image credit: Future)Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: Ease of use

Unfortunately, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources wasn’t available with a free trial at the time of writing, and when we reached out to Microsoft so we could test the app, the company was unresponsive.

That said, user sentiment and online reviews indicate that the product is easiest to use in organizations that already rely on the Microsoft ecosystem, which is not surprising.

The day-to-day experience for employees is reportedly impressive, with lots of functionality easily available through Microsoft Teams.

The experience has been described as more mixed for HR administrators and managers, with reports of a complex interface, a steep learning curve, and challenging initial setup. Positively, there’s also plenty of talk about the system being powerful and customizable – once you know your way around, managers have been able to deploy robust, effective, and tailored tools throughout their HR systems.

We’ve seen reports of poor functionality and friction caused by reliance on so many third-party integrations – a double-edged sword when stacked alongside the increased functionality and flexibility provided by the large library of potential additions.

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: Support

Microsoft offers extensive support options for Dynamics 365 Human Resources. If you rely on the standard options included with the product, then you receive plenty of coverage, and you can pay $9 per user per month for Professional Direct Support – an option designed for businesses with continuous operations that need faster response times and access to experts.

Above that tier is Unified Enterprise support, designed for organizations that need end-to-end support across an entire suite of Microsoft technologies. You’ll need to talk to sales to get pricing for that product.

That said, the Standard support option is still comprehensive. HR professionals can access web and phone incident submission, break/fix support, always-on critical incident support, a service dashboard, online training, and potentially response times under one hour.

Upgrade to the Professional Direct package and your issues get prioritized. You can also benefit from service delivery and escalation management, advisory services, monthly reviews, proactive support services, and technical webinars.

And if you want that Unified Enterprise option, you’ll get complete coverage for all of your Microsoft products, an assigned service delivery manager, on-demand service reviews and workshops, remote diagnostics, on-site services, and enhanced solutions.

No matter which support package you go for, it’s a deeply impressive array of options – one of the most comprehensive you’ll find alongside any HR solution.

(Image credit: Future)Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: Competition

The size and popularity of Microsoft means that Dynamics 365 Human Resources has plenty of strong rivals worth considering, even if you’re already committed to the wider Microsoft ecosystem in other areas of your business.

SAP SuccessFactors is a good alternative for enterprises that want a powerful, dedicated HR suite that can integrate across a large and complex business, and UKG is particularly capable for organizations that want lots of power and customization around scheduling.

Paylocity should be at the top of your list if you want huge amounts of data alongside both payroll and HR functionality in one solution.

Rippling is one to investigate if you’d like to deploy plenty of automation in your next HR solution, and both BambooHR and HiBob have great user interfaces that work particularly well for SMBs.

(Image credit: Future)Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources: Final verdict

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources has significant strengths, most of which rely on its unsurprisingly deep integration with the wider suite of Microsoft solutions.

It’s excellent for workflow automation and customization thanks to tools like Power Platform and Power BI, and its Teams employee self-service options are convenient.

Its core HR capabilities are solid, and it’s got some of the best support options available for any HR solution.

It’s missing payroll and recruiting tools, though, and its integration library can be tricky – it introduces functionality but could create an operational risk.

If you need flexibility and analytics from your HR suite and you’re already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem, then Dynamics 365 Human Resources is worth consideration. But if you’re not already wedded to Microsoft, we recommend investing elsewhere.

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